Cliffortia schlechteri (Weim.) C.Whitehouse

Erect, medium, densely branched shrub, up to 1.8 m high, killed by fire; only forming long branches spreading at right angles; young stems 0.9-2.0 mm wide, completely sheathed by leaf bases. Leaves unifoliate, subcircular to broadly ovate or oblong, 5.5-10.9 x 5.7-12.0 mm, clasping stem at base, apex sharply long-acuminate to pungent, 0.3-1 mm long, margins flat or rounded, with 2-4 broad teeth, 0.6-2.6 mm long; lamina 7-10-veined from base, tough and rigid, 0.2-0.4 mm thick, held at right angles to stem, glaucous, glabrous above and beneath; sheath 1.4-2.1 mm long, abaxially glabrous, adaxially glabrous except for fringe of hairs at apex; stipules 1.6-5.8 mm long, free, margin smooth; petiole absent. Flowers solitary in axil of undifferentiated leaves; bracteoles hairy on keel, margins smooth; sepals 3, glabrous. Male flowers: bracteoles 2.7-4.0 mm long; pedicel 0.9-1.5 mm long; sepals broadly ovate, 5-8 x 3.2-5.7 mm, acute to acuminate at apex; stamens 28-41; filaments 2.8-5.0 mm long, greenish white; anthers yellow. Female flowers: bracteoles 2.3-3.2 mm long, longer than immature receptacle; sepals ovate to triangular, 1.2-1.7 x 0.9-1.2 mm, erect; carpel 1; stigma 1.1-1.4 mm long, greenish white, feathery, hidden at base of leaves; immature receptacle 1.5-1.8 x 1.0-1.3 mm, glabrous. Achene 6.7-8.7 x 3.4-5.4 mm, medium to dark brown, glabrous; ribs rounded. Flowering time: ± all year, but mature fruits only found between May and November.